Reverend Thomas Brown

Analysis

Reverend Thomas Brown is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in September 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Reverend Thomas Brown reported income of £90k and spending of £142k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £50k to £90k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Reverend Thomas Brown sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The John Turley Memorial Trust (£89k), Lyvennet Community Trust (£90k) and Charity of William Henry Hirst (£89k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.